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I'll keep this short and to the point to give you guys time to strategize, catch up, all of that.

Congrats on your Magatus missions. Looks like everything's been cleared out as best as we can, but the region's been evacuated thanks to a couple of factors.

The new problem is we just added a bunch of people to city limits.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

Bad news: need some people out in Pesgare to do some deepdiving and recovery. It doesn't look like there's anything out there that'll kill you, but I need something from down there to stabilize Recollé itself.

Good news: got the subway working. Did you know it was just about coding? That's a little crazy to me and okay, I might have found out on accident, but…whatever was blocking exits from the city was just a false creation.

It means getting out of here and checking out the progress outside. The trains will be ready for departure in about a week, I'll get some maps drawn up and everything. I could really use some of you on location scouting.

Finally…who knows about machinery? We've got a problem we should probably look into, but keeping track of that eye's a huge pain in the ass.

Discuss, get in touch with me, prepare. You know the drill.

Zee Carlisle
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Okay, so. First things first, I understood maybe 10% of that. Anyone think they can boil it down to layman's terms for the people that are still catching up?

Secondly, and more importantly: who here can actually hold their own in a fight? Ideally with some kind of weapon or magic. Just trying to get a general head count, here.

'Machines' is pretty vague. My knowledge is more specific to automotives, but given the kind of work you expect us to do for free... No. You want results, you have to pay, Zee. Hire a mechanic like anybody else would and stop trying to benefit from free labor. Don't try to feign ignorance either, I know you're reading this.

Everyone does realize that saying "there's nothing out there that might kill you" on April fools sounds like bullshit?

Also, I should apologize for the mess that happened last month. I know it might sound insincere on this day of all days, but I really didn't mean to be a pain in the ass.

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This certainly is a lot to take in, and I'm afraid I'm lost already. I'm new to all of this and still trying to get a feel for it, though I have already learned a bit about the situation earlier from Al.

I'm not entirely sure how I can help - I don't have any special abilities or anything of the sort, and I haven't regained any memories yet either - but I would like to do what I can. Is there anything any of you can tell me about the current situation?

So how many people plan on heading out to Pesgare? I don't have any abilities that would be particularly useful there, but I do have to wonder how many of us could handle diving.

Hitori Togusa Pesgare. I think I’m recovered enough to get back out there, so you can count on me.
Hitori Togusa The subway led to that hub, before. Are you sure you want to try exploring past it? What other regions could be out there?

Now Pesgare needs help? Yeesh.

Glad to hear the subway is starting to work now. Not that I need it (I have a flying broomstick).

No, to the machinery question.

And lastly, Is anyone else having a really rough start this month? I've remembered a bunch of stuff the last day or so from my other life, and I think it drained a lot out of me. I'm feeling really down, almost as if I've lost something really important. But I don't think I've lost anything, so it's really... hard to function, if you get what I mean.

A subway not working for some inane reason is pretty much every city so don't feel too bad Also foodies Where the heck do I get garam masala

Important question: Have you also cleared the subway of the rabid train cars that were trying to kill us, or are those just going to be things we need to accept along with everything else?

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[!!!!!!!!!! DEEP SEADIVING? THAT MEANS--]

I wonder how the octopi are doing..! The last I saw them, they had it out for my groups' heads due to some

unfortunate circumstances.

Such as beating up the princess, who attacked our cruise ship. I suppose she was looking for the bone band, but we canceled their show. Though I suppose we'll be bringing our own equipment versus gaining it a la fins and gills.

For reference's sake, the last time we all went deep-sea diving we were dragged into a re-enactment of The Godfather, led by an octopus who was very upset that we crashed a boat into his kingdom by way of not letting his daughter have it. Apparently we didn't do it with respect, we didn't call him Godfather, and we came into his house on the day his daughter was to be married and asked him to...not kill us, I suppose, and that was just egregious.

There were also mermen down there, so it wasn't all terrible. Just be prepared for things to possibly be surreal. Although I do hope Mr. Carlisle has a slightly better way to send us down there than the one we ended up using before.

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I'm not normally one to split hairs over this, but unless I'm greatly mistaken, "we" did nothing out at Magatus. Or were you there and I simply wasn't aware of it?

Hello, everyone! Happy April.

Today is my birthday! Normally I'd be 22, but since I've regained my past life's spiritual form, I think I might be a whole lot older than that...
By the way, my eyes are blue now, too. I mean, they have been for a while, but it really got lost in the shuffle with the "no body" thing. It's one of those things where I'm like, "Ah, now no one's going to believe I'm not hafu when I go to Japan," but then it's like, "They won't be able to see me in the first place, so they won't assume anything one way or the other," and also, "What are the odds I'm ever going to be able to go to Japan again, anyway?" (And then also the "What does it matter if they think I'm hafu or not," but that's normal from before)

(btw even the like...... two? of you who've known me for a while wouldn't have known it was my birthday so don't feel weird about it)

Oh also
I guess Retrospec sent me a present. If anyone's not too busy, would you mind coming to the mailbox with me? lol.... (It's a "gigai" apparently and I don't remember what that is at all but it doesn't sound good)

u guys r still here?

For anyone planning to go down in the subways, what Zee said reminded me of something Derek and I found last year, a note attached to a map of the city:

"The Recollé hub shall be terminated to prevent the coming and going of those who have not met standards. The Company shall report a list of citizens and home worlds of which several will be sorted and set on trains outward.

Once the trains leave this central station, we shall close all tunnels and block exits as well despite whether the trains have a destination or not. No trains are to return after this point. This will then narrow our resources and provide a higher chance for a brighter, better tomorrow."

And for anyone needing a crash course (or refresher) HERE is what else we found. There's also a map of the subway system, though it's really only useful up to a point.

I hope your using "we" as a way to be encouraging and freindly rather then trying to grab the credit.

Anyway, deep-diving sounds like lots of water, and my stuff is fire based, soo, count me out of that one.

There is something I'd like to try though, and a place with lots of water sounds like the perfect place to try it.

Also, is it just me, or are we losing more people?

kind of off topic, and sorry if this is a little dark but...

medically speaking... if your heart stops... you die, right?

Um. Hi. New here, so I'm kinda curious. When they mention deep diving, there would be scuba equipment provided, right? I'd like to help out if I can, and I've done a little diving in the past.

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